1982 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game

This article is about the Division I-AA (now FCS) championship game. For the Division I-A (now FBS) champions, see 1982 Penn State Nittany Lions football team.

1982 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship
I-AA National Championship Game
Pioneer Bowl
Eastern Kentucky Colonels Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens
(12–0) (12–1)
Ohio Valley Independent
17 14
Head coach: 
Roy Kidd		 Head coach: 
Tubby Raymond
NCAASeed
11
NCAASeed
33
1234 Total
Eastern Kentucky 01070 17
Delaware 00014 14
DateDecember 18, 1982
Season1982
StadiumMemorial Stadium
LocationWichita Falls, Texas
Attendance11,257[1]
United States TV coverage
NetworkCBS Sports
AnnouncersLindsey Nelson (play-by-play), Steve Davis (color)[2]
NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship
 < 1981 1983 > 

The 1982 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Eastern Kentucky Colonels and the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens. The game was played on December 18, 1982, at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls, Texas. The culminating game of the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Eastern Kentucky, 17–14.[3]

The game was also known as the Pioneer Bowl,[4] a name that had been used starting in 1971 for various NCAA playoff games held in Wichita Falls. The Colonels, making their fourth consecutive appearance in the I-AA championship game, became the first program to capture two I-AA titles, having previously won in 1979.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference TDbox was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Hens bid for first I-AA football title". The News Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. December 18, 1982. p. A1. Retrieved May 9, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Eastern Kentucky Wins Title". The New York Times. UPI. December 19, 1982. Retrieved May 9, 2019 – via nytimes.com.
  4. ^ "Eastern Kentucky vs. Delaware". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. December 18, 1982. p. B 11. Retrieved May 9, 2019 – via newspapers.com.